AMDGPU vs. Modesetting DDX On Radeon R9 Fury GPU
Tests by Michael Larabel with a Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury.


AMDGPU Driver: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc3phx+ (x86_64) 20160208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.0.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

AMDGPU + DRI3 Enabled: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc3phx+ (x86_64) 20160208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.0.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Modesetting DDX: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc3phx+ (x86_64) 20160208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.17.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMDGPU Driver ......... 105.12 |==============================================
AMDGPU + DRI3 Enabled . 106.34 |===============================================
Modesetting DDX ....... 105.27 |===============================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMDGPU Driver ......... 116.27 |=============================================
AMDGPU + DRI3 Enabled . 120.63 |===============================================


Metro: Last Light Redux
Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m5
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMDGPU Driver ......... 32.61 |================================================
AMDGPU + DRI3 Enabled . 31.99 |===============================================
Modesetting DDX ....... 32.47 |================================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMDGPU Driver ......... 74.99 |==============================================
AMDGPU + DRI3 Enabled . 77.48 |================================================
Modesetting DDX ....... 76.83 |================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMDGPU Driver ......... 122.87 |============================================
AMDGPU + DRI3 Enabled . 127.63 |==============================================
Modesetting DDX ....... 131.30 |===============================================